Title: Utiliser les nouvelles technologies pour lenseignement
1E-learning PhenomenonHow to integrate ICT to
language learning?
2The e-learning trend
Integration of ICT in language learning
Pedagogical challenges
An example of integration
Students progression
3Training an evolving sector
- Evolution from books to cassettes, then to
CD-ROMs videos - Evolution from traditional pen pals to forums of
discussion on Internet - The advantage of multimedia is recognized
- but teachers still lack of experience and
orientations to integrate it in their pedagogical
courses
4The e-learning trendSome figures
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5A worldwide phenomenon
366 of growth in 5 years
6China A booming phenomenon
Between 2005 and 2008, China e-learning market is
expected to increase in 76.
E-learning increase estimation
Million RMB
Source Net Big, SINA News, China Yellow Book and
Analysys IntAnalysys
7Languages at the forefront
- E-Learning particularly suits to languages
learning - E-Learning becomes even more efficient when
accompanied by tutoring services.
Source Le Préau
8China main trend
Language Training increase estimation
Million RMB
Source Net Big, SINA News, China Yellow Book and
Analysys IntAnalysys
9Integration of ICTLanguage learning
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10State of the art
- The role of the teacher remains primordial
- New technologies allow the diversification of the
supports available to the teachers - Optimal combination alternation of lessons in
classroom and work on a multimedia support
Then how to integrate the multimedia to the
lessons?
11The advantages of e-learning for languages
training
- Today, institutions want more flexible training,
that enables skills to be shared out amongst
students
12Advantages of NTIC for students
- From a status of auditor to an active role of
actor - Possibility of individual working at oral
- Shyness is less important in front of a computer
than in a classroom - Personalized pedagogy to the level of each student
- Motivation of students
- Deepening of language objectives studied in
classroom - Starter for other activities out of the
multimedia room
13Principal uses of the e-learning
- Guided autonomy in local access
- The student studies alone in a multimedia room or
library - Guided autonomy in distant access
- The student is studies at home
- Work in language laboratory or multimedia room
during the lesson
- Work in language laboratory or multimedia room
out of the lesson - Team work, during the lesson
14Principal uses of the e-learning
- The teacher
- May give or not some directives
- Tracks the students work in detail, in real time
or afterwards - The students
- Can deepen, and study a lesson
- Work on different skills oral and written
comprehension and expression - Work on language tools (grammar, vocabulary)
15Pedagogical ChallengesLanguage learning
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16Some guidelines for a new pedagogy
1. Assimilating what has been learned
- Objective assimilate grammatical and lexical
structures, phonetics
- Type of exercises
- - Repetition Exercises Word pronunciation,
Sentence pronunciation - - Substitution/Transformation Exercises Sentence
practice, Grammar practice
2. Putting what has been learned into practice
- Objective put the acquired knowledge into
practice through written expression
- Type of exercises
- Text Transformation guided expression in an
explicit context - Written Expression semi-guided expression
(description of an image or video, or abstract of
a longer text)
17Some guidelines for a new pedagogy
3. Understanding the language structure
- Objective highlight specific functional
components within a language
- Type of exercises
- Word Order exercise on the organization of
sentence components - The Right Word, Fill-in-the-Blanks vocabulary
and grammar exercises, which require students to
analyze a sentence in its entirety - Word Association, Picture/Word Association
vocabulary exercises, which consist of matching a
word with its synonym, antonym or a related image - - Words and Functions, Words and Topics students
must identify words belonging to a specific
grammatical or lexical group
18The pedagogical objectives
- Enable the student to communicate
- Place the student in an authentic learning
context - Make the student working on a variety of
activities - Enable the student to discover the countrys
culture
19The pedagogical objectives
20An example of integrationAuralogs solutions
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21A recognized educational approach
- Work on all the language skills through language
tools - oral or written comprehension
- oral or written expression
- Communication approach
- To give the student the opportunity to act in
every day situations (oral and written) - The language resources are available for the
student as along with his progression and
language needs
22A recognized educational approach
- Work on an authentic context
- Thank to the speech recognition the student can
speak to the computer as he would speak in every
day life
- The contents of the program is personalised to
show scenes of everyday and professional life
23A complete content
- Work on oral comprehension and expression
Interactive dialogues, pronunciation exercises,
videos and comprehension questions
24A complete content
TELL ME MORE emphasis on oral skills
- rapidly familiarising students with the
pronunciation of the language by native speakers
- enabling students to produce the phonemes and
intonation specific to the language the computer
is able to recognize his voice measure the
quality of the pronunciation
25A complete content
- Work on written comprehension and expression
Dictation, redaction, cultural texts
26A complete content
- Language tools available at any time vocabulary
Vocal lexicon, vocabulary exercises
27A complete content
- Language tools available at any time grammar
Grammar point, grammar exercises
28A complete content
Familiarisation with the culture of the country
or countries in which the target language is
spoken
29A complete content
The student addresses concepts of grammar,
lexicon, phonetics and conjugation, that he has
previously met in context.
The student applies these notions in order to
reinforce the knowledge he has acquired.
30A complete content
- 9 levels per language
- 7 languages available
- British English
- American English
- Spanish
- German
- French
- Italian
- Dutch
- 250 hours of learning per level
- 37 types of different activities
31Tools for the teacher
- Upstream
- The teacher uses an exercise or an audio file as
a starter of a grammatical, lexical or cultural
point - Complementarily to the classes
- He can illustrate one language function, grammar
point, vocabulary or cultural point... - Downstream
- He validates what he taught with the TMM
exercises - As an evaluation method of his students
32Tools for the teacher
- Detailed track of the student work
33Tools for the teacher
- Creation of specific educational courses
Each teacher can create his own courses in
function of his objectives and of his students'
level
34Tools for the teacher
- Other tools
- - Printing of the content with or without
solutions - - Mailbox to communicate with the students who
work out of classroom - - Options in function of the applied method
(access to translations)
35An international surveyStudents progression
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36 The Context
Number of students 300 Origin International
companies working with Auralog Starting Year
2003 Duration of the training program 3
months Language learnt English Tutoring
services Auralog- Training department
Pedagogical content training programs in
business and everyday language (average of 20
hours)
37Results of the training program
Thanks to the tutoring services, we only have 7
of students that gave up their training. This
rate is higher in self-study. It can reach 40 .
38Results of the training program
39The satisfaction
93 of the learners are satisfied with the
training course in general. 92 find the TELL
ME MORE method easy to use and the exercises and
activities effective. 95 are satisfied with
the at distance presence of the Tutor
40Total Training Time
- Average
- 17h per student using TELL ME MORE
- 1h43 per student per week
- The principal workplace of the students
- At the office 83
- At work (after 18h) 30
- at work (between 14h and 18h) 30
- During lunch 26
41The TELL ME MORE Method
42The distant tutoring services
43Leipzig University survey
- Using new technologies and software to learn a
language is nothing new.
- But all the software are not efficient and
economical.
- Choosing the right piece of software can prove
difficult.
Survey by the University of Leipzig (Germany)
gives more precise view of the market and helps
consumers to find the right product.
44Leipzig University survey
Carried out by the Institute of Professional
and Economic Pedagogy (University of Leipzig)
Aim to help the future buyers of language
learning software.
Content analysis of softwares specialized in
business English. Test in real conditions in five
training centers with 5,000 students.
45The top 10 editors of 154
46Beijing City University
References
- Number of students
- 2000 in 2003
- 5000 more until 2008
- Type of training
- Distant training with Tell Me More online
- Blended learning
- and use of Tutor Tools
- Language provided
- American British English, French, Italian,
German, Spanish, Dutch - Project
- Tell me More as a compulsory part of courses
- 2hours/week first then up to 6 hours
- intermediate progression test and final
certification test - textbooks for working at home when not connected
47Sup Info
References
- The school Specialist of computer science, has
developed educational laboratory with well-known
companies and schools as Cisco, Microsoft, etc. -
- Language provided
- English, Spanish, German, Italian
- Number of students
- 1000 in 2004
- 2000 in 2005
- Main objectives
- 100 languages
- Evaluate students in different test
- Exchanging training supports between schools
- Type of training
- TELL ME MORE online
- Tutor Tools
- Teacher tools
- Tutoring and hosting
- local hosting
- Own server
- solution available for Sup Info in France and in
China.
48Appendix
49References
50Auralog presentation
- Company founded in 1987
- Specialist in MULTIMEDIA LANGUAGE LEARNING
SOLUTIONS - 3 YEARS of experience in the field of e-learning
- 140 EMPLOYEES AMONG 60 nationalities
- 3 MILLIONS of TELL ME MORE users
- INTERNATIONAL presence
- Solutions distributed in 65 countries
- Based in France, US, Spain, Germany, Italy, and
China - In-depth linguistic CONTENT
- 5000 hours of ONLINE content,
- 7 languages English, French, German, Italian,
Spain and Dutch, - Every day and Business content
51TELL ME MORE in China
- A dedicate china teams for
- University
- Educational institutions
- Companies
- Solutions for schools
- Solutions in relations with the needs of the
Chinese market - Specific interface in Chinese
- Online version
- Dedicated server in China to do the hosting
- Partnership with local language schools
- The advice of local pedagogical institutions
- Local support in Chinese for the technical
points
52HOW TO CONTACT US
- Jiong Zhen
- Email jiong.zhen_at_auralog.com
- Tel 13501195119
- Chunmei Li
- Email chunmei.li_at_auralog.com
- Tel 13911639883
- Feng Zhiwei
- Email feng.zhiwei_at_auralog.com
- Tel 13601188923